Melody Kinser
Media General News Service
Two escapees who made their way out of a low level security correctional facility in Goochland over the weekend were captured Tuesday afternoon.
David Michael Corbin, 25, and Joseph Troy Gray, 21, fled from the James River Work Center, which is located off Route 6 in Goochland, around 9:45 p.m. Saturday.
The two were taken into custody without incident in the Springfield area of Northern Virginia by the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Larry Traylor, director of Communications for the Virginia Department of Corrections, said the first apprehension took place at 2 p.m. and the second followed at 2:45 p.m. Both were found in the same location.
“The Department of Corrections’ Extradition and Fugitive Recovery Unit would like to thank the Fairfax County Police Department with their assistance in the apprehension,” Traylor added.
Corbin had been sentenced to seven years and 10 months for offenses that took place in Warren, Prince William and Fauquier counties. Those crimes include simple assault, damage of public property, two counts of burglary, forgery and grand larceny.
Gray was sentenced to six years and nine months for forced entry burglary in York County.
According to Traylor, the James River Work Center is a small facility with an average population of about 275 inmates. “These are Level 1 inmates (low security) that leave the facility and work on the farm or in the community,” he added.
The two men were not considered dangerous, but a warning had been issued to the public to avoid contact with them.
The James River Work Center is a working farm, Traylor said, with dairy and cattle production. It also is a home for “horses adjusting to a new life of retirement following a busy career in racing,” according to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.